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水疱瘡 (みずぼうそう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

水みず疱ぼう瘡そう

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Meanings

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chickenpox; varicella

Medical term for the common childhood illness caused by the varicella-zoster virus.

子こ供どもの頃ころに水みず疱ぼう瘡そうにかかり

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I had chickenpox when I was a child.

水みず疱ぼう瘡そうの予よ防ぼう接せっ種しゅを受うける。

Get vaccinated against chickenpox.

Kanji

水water
疱smallpox, blister
瘡wound, boil, syphilis

Related words

帯たい状じょう疱ほう疹しん
Shingles, caused by reactivation of the same virus; occurs mainly in adults.
風ふう疹しん
Rubella (German measles), a different viral illness with a rash.
麻ま疹しん
Measles, a more severe viral illness with high fever and rash.

Built from

水みず+疱ほう瘡そう

Written forms

水みず疱ぼう瘡そう
Standard kanji spelling for chickenpox.
水みずぼうそう
Mixed kana-kanji spelling; common in everyday writing when the second kanji is considered difficult.

Etymology

Compound of 水 (mizu, 'water') + 疱瘡 (hōsō, 'smallpox' or 'pox'), literally 'water pox'. The reading みずぼうそう is a kun'yomi-on'yomi hybrid.